Bag-fastener.



J. HMMESFAHR- BAG FASTENER. APPLICATQN FILED APR.9, 1915. 1,143,388.Patented June 15, 1915.

"UNITE sfrA'rEs" JULIUS HAMMESFAHR, 0F NEWARK',`NEW`JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TOTHE R. NEUNIANN HARDWARE CO., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BAG-FASTENER.

Speccation of Letters Patent. Iatentd Jane 15, 1915 Application siedApril e, 1915. semi No. 20,148.

To all whom it may concern: y y Y Be it known that I, JULIUs HAMMESFAHR,a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in thevcounty 4ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bag-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of-the` invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which 'it appertains to` make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tocharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates, generally, to improvements in bag-fasteners orcatches for bag-frames; and, the present invention. has reference, moreparticularly, to a simplyconstructed bag-frame fastener or catch for thehinged frame-sections of bags, suitcases, and the like, theframe-sections being of the kind where one frame-section is adapted tobemoved beneath vor within the other frame-section when the bag isclosed, and the bag-fastener or catch being of the class which comprisesal main shell, a vertically moving bolt, and a combined bolt-re tainingand releasing element movable within said shell at right angles to themovement of the bolt," and having/a nger-piece or manipulating elementprojecting outside of the said shell. Y

The present invention has for its principal object to provide a bagframe fastener 0f the general character hereinafter set forth, and which1s neat 1n appearance, 1s

of a simple construction, the operating parts having been reduced to aminimum, and, furthermore, to provide an effectively operating device,the parts ofwhich may be y quickly and easily brought into assembledrelation, and readily manipulated for bringing the bolt into its lockedor unlocked relation.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularlyenumerated will be clearly understood from the following detaileddescriptionof the present invention.

With the various objects of the presen invention in view, the saidinvention consists, primarily, in the novel bag-frame fastener or catchhereinafter set forth; and, the invention consists, furthermore, in thenovel arrangements and combinations of the l several devices and parts,as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, all ofwhichavill be more fully described in the following specification andthen finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended toand which form an essential part of the said specication-` The inventionis clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a top or plan view of the one end-portion of a bag-frame, the hingedframe-sections being represented in their closed relation, one withinthe other, and equipped with a fastener or catch made according to theprinciples of the present invention; and Fig. 2 is a front or sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section, saidsection being taken on line 3 8 in said Fig. l, and said view being madeon an enlarged scale and showing the parts of the catch in their lockedrelation with each other and with the closed frame-sections ofthevbag-frame; and Fig. t is a similar sectional representation of thesaid parts, with the bolt ofthe bag-frame fastener or catch representedin its released or unlocked position to permit the frameseotions to bebrought into their opened or separated relation. Fig. 5 is a transversevertical section taken on line 5 5 in said Fig. 2, looking in thedirection ofthe arrow and Fig. 6 is a bottom View of the bag-framefastener or catch.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the above describedviews, to indip cate corresponding parts.

' In the said drawings, the reference-characters l and 2 indicatefragmentary portions of the usual hinged frame-sections of a bagframe,respectively provided with bolt-receiving openings or slots 3 and e.

A The frame-fastener or catch embodying the principles of the presentinvention is generally indicated by the reference-character' 5, the samecomprising a main shell or casing of which 6 is the top-wall, 7 thelongitudinally extending side-walls, and 8 the laterally extendingend-walls, one of which is provided with a suitable opening, as 9, andall of which provide a suitable chamber in which the operative parts ofthe fastenermechanism are suitably arranged. Projecting from the lowermarginal edges of the Vend-walls 8 are suitable fastening lugs 1.0,

respondingly placed holes or openings, as 11, in the top of theframesection 1, and then bent over upon the under surface of the saidtop for securing the main shell or casing of the bag-frame fastener orcatch in its operative position upon said frame-sectionr 1. As shown,the top-wall 6 of the said main shell or casing is also provided with a.l suitably disposed opening, as 12, and pref- `the bolt-receivingopenings or slots 3 and 4 A 1n .the respective frame-sections 1 and 2,in

the manner illustrated in said Figs. 3, 4 and 5 ofthe drawings, vand forthepurposes to be presently more fully set forth. Vithin the lower-openportion of the said main shell or casing of the bag-frame fastener orcatch is a closing bottom plate 15 in which is also formed abolt-receiving opening or -slot 16, corresponding to the slots 3 and 4,and into which the said bolt 14 also projects, as shown. Extendinglongitudinally of the `main shell or casing, from the marginal edge 17of the said bolt 14, and at the proper point, is a suitably formedstop-lug 18, the

upper surface 19 of which is straight and forms with the lowersurface-portion of the bloclnlike element or push-piece 13 aireceivingrecess, as 20. The lower surface-portion 21 of said stop-lug 18tapers, or is made arcshape, substantially as represented in thedrawings. Extending in a downward direction from another part of thelower surface portion of said block-like element or push-piece 13 is astud or projection, as 22, upon which is mounted t-he upper end-portionof a vertically disposed coiled spring 23, said spring having its lowerend resting in a suitably formed depression, as 24, with which thebottom or closing plate 15 is provided, the downwardly bulging portion25 of the said closing or bottom-plate 15, when the bag-'frame fastener'or catch is mounted upon the frame-section 1, extending into a suitablydisposed open portion 2G in the said framesection 1, in the mannerclearly represented in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. The saidbolt-element or member 14 is provided at a point slightly below thelower surface-portion of the block-like element or push-piece13 withstop-pins or oppositely extending projections, as 26, which are broughtagainst the inner' surface-portions of the top-wall 6 of the shell orcasing, contiguous tothe opening 12, to thereby prevent displacement ofthe bolt-like element or member 14, and its block-like member or'push-piece 13, from its operative relation ,withinthe shell or casing,and the mechauism therein, by the action of the coiled spring 23, aswill beclearly evident from an inspection of said Fig. 5 of thedrawings.

In order to-retain said bolt-like element or member 14 and itsblock-like member or push-piece in their proper relation to thegitudinalmarginal edge-portions, at or near said end, with upwardlyprojecting guidemembers, as 29. At its other end-portion thesaidleeper-plate 27 is made with an extension, as 30, of any suitableconfiguration, said extensionextendinginto and through the opening 9 inone of the end-walls 8 of the'shell or casing, Vto provide a suitablefinger-piece, in the form of 'a push-member. This extension 30, as wellasthemembers 28 and 29, as will be clearly `seen from an inspection'ofFigs. 3, 4 and 5, properly support the keeper-plate 27 in itslongitudinally sliding relation withinthe main shell or casing of thebag-fastener or catch. The said keeper-plate 27 is also provided withstuds or lugs, as 31, for the arrangement thereon of the ends of a pairof coiled springs 32, which are suitably compressed between the end' ofthe said keeper-plate 27 and the inner surface of the other end-wall 8of the shell or casing, so' as to force the said plate under normalconditions in a direction indicated by the arrow y in said F 3 ofthedrawings. -The said keeper-plate 27 is also provided with an elongatedopening,"as 33, through which` theu bolt-like element or member 14 andthe spring 23 arepassed so as not tointerfere with the'movements of theassembled devices, the said opening 33 communicatingfat its one end witha narrow slot-likeV open portion, as 34, through Vwhich the stop-lug'lSof the bolt-like Velement or member 14 is passed, when depressed fromits raised land ,releasedA positionl indicatedV in Fig. 4 to its loweredand locked relation indicated in Figs. 3 and 6, with the straightsurface-portion 19 of said stop-lug 1S in retaining engagement with thesurface-portion l35 adjacent'to saidl slot-like open portion 34.

The manner of releasing the bolt-lile elementor member 14, to withdrawthe `bolt from its locked engagement with the innerV frame-section2,and'to permit the framesections comprising the bag-frame to be broughtinto' their opened relation, will be clearly understood from aninspection of Fig. 4 of the Fdrawings; and, the manner of locking thetwo frame-sections, is to simply bring the hinged framefsections intotheir closed relation,when the boltV has Vbeen released, as indicated insaid F ig. 4, and then by the application, manually, of pressure uponthe push-piece 13, the bolt-element or :member 14 and the keeper-plate27 are automatically brought into locked engagement, as indicated inFig. 3, so that the hinged frame-sections l and 2 are also locked inVtheir closed relation,r as will be clearly evident. Further descriptionof the movements and operations of the various parts are thereforedeemed unnecessary.

Of course, l ain fully aware that changes and as defined in the clausesof the claim which are appended to the said specification. Hence, I donot limit my present invention to the exact arrangements andcombinations of the several devices and parts as described in the saidspecification, nor do I confine myself to theeXact details of theconstruction of the said parts as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.

I claim l. A bag-frame fastener comprising a chambered shell, providedin its top with an opening, a vertically movable bolt-member within saidshell and a push-piece connected with said bolt-member, said push-piecebeing movably ldisposed within said opening so as to be adapted to beprojected above the top of said shell, a closing plate within saidshell, a spring in engagement with and located between the lower surfaceof said push-piece and the upper surface of said closing plate, andmeans cooperating with said bolt-member for retaining said boltmember inits depressed locking relation.

n. A bag-frame fastener comprising a chambered shell, provided in itstop with an opening, a vertically movable bolt-member within said shelland a push-piece connected with said bolt-member, said pushpiece beingmovably disposed within said opening so as to be adapted to be projectedabove the top of said shell, a closing plate within said shell, saidclosingplate being provided with a depressed portion forming a receivingpocket, a coiled spring having an end-portion resting within said pocketand having its other end-portion in contact with the lower surface ofsaid push-piece, and means cooperating with said bolt-member forretaining said bolt-member in its depressed locking relation.

3. A bag-frame fastener comprising a chambered shell provided in its topwith an opening and in one of its ends with an opening, a verticallymovable bolt-member within said shell and a vpush-piece connected withsaid bolt-member, said push-piece being movably disposed within theopening in said top so as to be adapted to be projected above the top ofsaid shell, a stop-lug eX- tending from a marginal edge of saidboltmember, a closing plate within said shell, a spring in engagementwith and located between the lower surface of said push-piece and theupper surface of said closing plate, a spring-controlled keeper-plateprovided with a push-piece extending into and through the opening in theend of said shell, said Vkeeper-plate having an open portion into andthrough which said bolt-member and said spring extend, said keeper-platehaving a` portion cooperating with said stoplug for retaining saidbolt-member in its depressed locking relation.

y 4. A bagframe fastener comprising a chambered shell provided in itstop with an opening and in one of its ends with an opening, a verticallymovable bolt-member within said shell and a push-piece connected withsaid bolt-member, said push-piece being movably disposed within theopening in said top so as to be adapted to be projected above the top ofsaid shell, a stop-lug eX- tending from a marginal edge of saidboltmember, a closing plate within said shell, said closing plate beingprovided with a depressed portion forming a receiving pocket, a coiledspring having an end-portion in contact with the lower surface of saidpushpiece, a spring-controlled keeper-plate provided with a push-pieceextending into and through the opening in the end of said shell, saidkeeper-plate having an open portion into and through which saidbolt-member and said spring extend, said keeper-plate having a portioncooperating with said stoplug for retaining said bolt-chamber in itsdepressed locking relation.

5. A bagframe fastener comprising a chambered shell provided in its topwith an opening and in one of its ends with an opening, a verticallymovable bolt-member within said shell and a push-piece connected withsaid bolt-member, said push-piece being movably disposed within theopening in said top so as to be adapted to be projected above the top ofsaid shell, a stop-lug eX- tending from a marginal edge of saidboltmember, a closing plate within said shell, a spring in engagementwith and located be tween the lower surface of said push-piece and theupper surface of said closing plate, a keeper-plate provided at one endwith a push-piece extending into and through the opening in the end ofthe said shell, lugs extending from the other end of said keeperplate,coiled springs supported upon said lugs and in engagement with the innersurface of the other end of said shell, a downwardly extendingsupporting member and upwardly projecting guide-members connected withsaid keeper-plate, said keeperplate having an open portion into andthrough which Said bolt-member and Said spring extend, Said keeper-platehaving a portion cooperating with said stop-lug for retaining saidbolt-member in its depressed locking relation.

6. A bag-frame fastener comprising a chainbered shell provided in itstop With an .opening` and in one of its its ends with an opening, avertically inovable bolt-member Within said shell and a push-piececonnected with said bolt-member, said push-piece being` inovablydisposed Within the opening in said top so as to be adapted to beprojected above the top of said shell, a Stop-lug eX- tending from amarginal edge of said boltnieinber, a closing plate Within said shell,saidpclosing plate being,- provided with a depressed portion orniing areceiving pocket, a coiled spring having an end-portion resting` Withinsaid pocket and having` its other end-portion in contact with the lowersurface of said push-piece, a keeper-plate provided at one end With apush-piece extend-i ing into and through the opening in the end of .thesaid shell; 'lugs extending from the Y otherend of said Vkeeper-plate,coiled springs supported upon said lugs and VinV engagement with theinner surface of the other end of Said yehell, a downwardly extendingsupporting member and upwardly projecting guide-members connected withsaid keeperplate, said lreeper-platefhaving an open portion into andthrough which said bolt-ineinber and said springeXtend, said keeper- Vplate having' a portion ooperating'with said stop-lug for retainingVSaid bolt-member in YVitnesees:

FREDK. C. FRANTZEL, FREDK. YV. FRAEN'JQZEL.

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